Banana Trees Around The Neighborhood
 

Hey! In my neighborhood there are many fruit trees. Today I discovered that there are banana trees too! I will post pictures of trees around my neighborhood. Check it out sometime and tell me what you think. By the way, does anyone have fruit trees around their neighborhood? I'd like to know. Thank you! :)
-Mason

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Where are you from?

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I am from San Diego.

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Mason,

I have a Mediterranean backyard and working on a sub-tropical front yard. I am growing pummelo, oranges, lemon, avocado, three types of peaches, grapes, passion fruit, feijoa, and guava.

L.A. area
Shawn

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I have often thought driving around and taking pics of the banana stands around my neighborhood. I see them everywhere! Please do share if you do that!

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Wow! How long have you been growing fruit?

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at this point i mite be the only person in the state of Nv that has bananas i cant know for sure but every time i tell some one i have them they say the same thing "what you can grow Bananas in las vegas i didint know that must take alot of water"

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Is it hard for you to grow banana plants in Nevada?

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I can tell you of at least six or seven places you can see them when driving around in our town. And we live in Muncie Indiana!
I think it's starting to catch on, what do you think?

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Here in Winnipeg Canada I have seen no bananas other than the ones in my yard. There is only one or two garden centers that bring in bananas for the summer and they are usually the little prince or super dwarf cavendish, nothing that ever gets big.Sure would be nice to see more of the tropical up here. Im sure someone else here must have some ...but I suppose their well hidden...

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There are a few mats of Basjoo, 1 of Musella Lasiocarpa, and 1 Orinoco that the people bring in every year...they planted it back out this spring, but I don't see any new growth.

The Musella Lasiocarpa bloomed last year.

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I'd say it is cathcing on. I live in a neighborhood in sunny San Diego and I only know about 3 banana plants other than mine and my uncles.

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If almost no one has banana plants where you live, you could start your own nursery and sell them. That would be quite a business.

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I think another reason my neighborhood has so many fruit trees is because when my neighborhood was built in the 1930's, the landscapers put trees there for scenery.

Also, if your town or city has a local zoo, go to it and see if they have fruit or plants. The San Diego Zoo is the biggest zoo in the USA, I think. They have banana trees, macadamian nuts, oranges, guavas, every plant you can think of, and I think dragon fruit (and of course animals, lol) . Most of it you are not allowed to pick though. But it's cool to see.

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there is one nana tree here in the town that i live in.( well besides my little tropical paradise) and right now his looks like crap!

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Do you think you're the only person in town with banana plants? If so, like I said before, starting a nursery would be cool. Or even if you only sold a few plants, you would be making a little extra money, and you get to do what you like doing. :07:

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i thought about that, but im so anal retentive about my nanas! my mom wants one but she let her jacaranda trees die( that i painfully grew from seed). i told her you cant ignore a nana. you have to love it, talk to it, feed it, water it, baby it, trim it up, spend time with it, mulch it....etc.

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That's true. It seems like they take a lot of care if you want good bananas.

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My uncle has a fig tree called a mission fig. All mission fig trees came from 1 tree in CA a while ago. People took cuttings off of that one and planted the cuttings and trees grew. They kept following the pattern and now there are many mission fig trees.

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not cactus and succulents palms every thing els yes i have allot of plants that are marginal here so i have to baby them o but the nabers love them so at least thats what they tell me

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lol Kittyyyyyyyy u nut!

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Mason figs are one of my Passions heres a littil info on the mission fig

The Spanish were the first to bring the fig to the United States (Florida by 1575). The Spanish Franciscan missionaries brought figs into California when they established a mission at San Diego in 1769. The fig they brought is "Mission." And, it is still a significant commercial fig.

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Cool, thanks for the info. If I ever have any questions about figs, I will ask you.

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Does anyone have mangos in thier neighborhood or town? Mangos are expensive (at least where I live) right now in the stores.

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Costco sells them cheap! Like $6-$7(in Seattle area) for 9 of them in a box. Costco's biggest selling store is the one there in San Diego. It should be cheaper there in San Diego.

I know a lot of people grow mango trees in the San Diego area, also. I'm sure Richard would know of some of them personally.

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as long as its banana nuts...im good. LOL!!!:2212:

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I have a small Hayden Mango in my garden and I recently found out that my rear neighbor has a full grown mango tree!

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Ok, thanks, I will ask Richard.

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Hey... wait a minute. Isn't Richard on vacation?

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just because your on vacation and your a member of the nanas.org, dosent mean that your not gonna sneak around to find a computer and wi-fi to get on line. you know its the ," hold on i got to go check that the hotel door is locked...in all truth it means...where are the computers in this stpid hotel i got to check out the org!" its adictive...being on the org. i was at work last night bored as all get out and almost went into the computer room to see what was on the org. lol! and its funny cause i work at a hotel. :bananarow::bananarow:. nanas forever!! everyone here is a nana junkie.

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Ok, thanks for pointing that out.

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I purchase a mango last year against all advise. Walking out of the store someone stop us and asked if we were carrying a mango and then wished us the best of luck. This year it flowered and is producing mangos, but I will cut them off since the tree is still just a five foot stick and not ready to fruit.

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What kind of mango is it?

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It is a manila.

I am currently trying to germinated a seed of the same kind that I bought in a local store.

Shawn

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Thats cool. I have a manila too. :sumbrero:

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Ok, just got back from a bike ride, and I noticed at least 6 more banana trees in my neighborhood. :)

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Tall Orinoco

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Tony, those are the tall 'Orinoco', they are just a little short due to the conditions.

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Okay thanks. I was comparing them to mine which were much taller.

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Ha! This made me laugh! I have NEVER seen bananas growing here other than my yard. Believe me, i've been looking too! I have to drive about 3 hours into California before I start seeing "Banana trees around the neighborhood"

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I've seen Orinocos everywhere, Maurellis, and possibly Blue Javas. Many of the plants I see produce tiny little bananas and aren't in good shape! There are these huge clumps of what might be Orinoco on the way to my school. Funny thing is there aren't many banana plants in my area. Probably because of the winds that we get.

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:pics:

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I don't think it would be that easy to get pics when I'm riding in the car, but I can try...

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Can't you stop the car ?

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I can't when I'm on the way to school because I need to get there on time. I don't think that my mom would stop the car just so I could take pictures of banana plants. However, when I start driving myself, I might be able to make a few stops on the way home from school. But that probably won't be for another few months.

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10-4

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Lots of good info about growing mangos (along with other tropical fruits) here:

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Scroll down and watch the videos.
Fairchild Gardens is located in South Florida.

DM